Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Deep Thoughts by DatingGirl

When a man and woman become engaged, customarily the woman is given an engagement ring. The man does not follow this custom. Not to say there are not exceptions, I am just generalizing here. An engaged woman's ring says, "Hoe, no! Hands off! You can look but not touch. I am on a one way street that leads straight to the altar so I am definitely not available. Can't you tell by this rock on my finger??!!" An engaged man does not wear such a telling piece of jewelry; I find this unfair. Engaged guys have all the same freedoms as a fiance as they did as a boyfriend. I think they should be forced to wear some sort of symbol to show they are also permanently off the market. A sparkly sticker, temporary tattoo, or even a lanyard bracelet?

This all comes about from my pseudo crush at work. We had been shamelessly flirting (in my mind) since I met him, until the fateful day I found the truth (who am I kidding, I still try and flirt with him now). I was doing some work at his office and talking with a girl he worked with. "I can't believe its almost Fall. Its so weird Steve* is getting married so soon," she said off hand. Skkkeeeeeeerrrrrrttt (slam on brakes noise). Steve. Engaged? Marriage? Soon? I was flabbergasted. If he had been a girl, he would have been wearing a ring and there would not have been this confusion. Now, about these lanyard bracelets...

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Hi. Welcome to my lifestyle blog. I write and comment on the hilarity that is dating, and may also include occasional cute pictures of puppies and links to food porn. I started this adventure in 2008, took a little break, and now I'm back.

Encyclopedia of FirstDate Terms/Phrases

"Lets Get Out of Here": Code speak for 'lets go to a different location where I can hopefully progress from first to at least third base.' Note - this does not mean 'Lets get some ice cream.'

Pseudo Crush: a crush that is either unattainable, embarassing or that has simply not progressed past the point of facebook stalking or an accidental drunken text message. It is possible, and acceptable, to have many pseudo crushes at the same time.